This is the worst possible way to design a VHS cover for The Navy vs the Night Monsters.

This Terror of the Doll VHS baffles me. Is it a simple case of retitling or does the “From the film ‘Trilogy of Terror'” mean that this is really just a single segment of that film? If so, why would they expect anyone to buy such a short release?

Given the generic cover art, it’s easy to assume that this audio drama version of Night of the Living Dead is merely the film’s audio track slapped onto a CD by some sleazy bargain bin company. Instead, it’s an all-new, abridged version of the story starring the original cast and authorized by George Romero and John Russo.

These “Ultraman salaryman” toys are the oddest pieces of Ultraman merchandise I’ve ever seen. Seeing a Dada head on a female body is disconcerting, to say the least. In contrast, this is the greatest Ultraman product ever produced.

Does anyone else remember the Gooflumps parody series that came out during the Goosebumps craze? It only lasted for twobooks and popular rumor at the time had it that R.L. Stine was secretly writing them. However, that turned out not to be the case. Fans left hanging by the lack of further installments presumably moved on to the Barf-O-Rama- series, which featured books like The Legend of Bigfart and Jurassic Fart.

Oh yes, you read that last one right. Sadly, it’s not a one-off release. There are TONS of these things, all with the same use of “wacky” band names and bizarre cover art. Although I must admit that the cover of Frightening Farts For Halloween actually made me smile.

But that isn’t the weirdest thing about those CDs. Despite allegedly being from different companies, several listings use the exactsameproduct description. What’s really going on here?